Ten hectares of oak, ash, birch and
field maple, off Gibbett Hill Road, were planted 10 years ago by local volunteers and students.
AS I sit typing this piece up I can almost watch the leaves of the
field maple in my hedge change before my eyes.
The best environmental hedges are native plants which have fruits, flowers and berries, such as
field maple, hawthorn, and hazel.
The saplings, 20cm-40cm (8in-16in) tall depending on species, are of wild cherry, hawthorn, rowan, silver birch, lime, beech, oak and
field maple.
Apart from some habitat land in a Tir Gofal agreement, all 140 hectares of the farmland will be planted with mostly native broadleaves, including oak, ash, alder,
field maple and cherry trees.
It now boasts a mixture of hawthorn,
field maple, blackthorn, spindle and hazel.
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Field maple' ydi'r enw Saesneg arni hi ac Acer campestre ydi'r enw gwyddonol, ac yn yr hydref mi fydd yn troi yn lliwiau aur a choch bendigedig.
The firm is chopping down larger trees, like ash and oak, and replacing them with smaller species, like hazel,
field maple and rowan.
Volunteers will be working with hazel,
field maple and hawthorn.
A
field maple known as acer campestre Queen Elizabeth is available from High Farm Nurseries at Stoke-on-Trent and Chew Valley Trees near Bristol.
The lake perimeter is planted with young pine, oak, ash, cherry, larch, sycamore, hazel,
field maple and alder.
A 20ft-high English
field maple was hoisted into the abbey by five men.
Other good choices for autumn include the snake bark maples including Acer davidii George Forrest, with its red-stalked leaves, and the native
field maple A.
In many cases native species have been planted such as oak, ash,
field maple and small leaved were lime.
Although exact locations are subject to agreement, a combination of large trees will be used, including oaks, scots pines,
field maple, and silver birch.
